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The Ripe team tracks down the best new music floating around the interwebs and blogs it for you in one place. Listen and share the musical love.
THE RIPE GUEST MIX WITH YOLANDA BE COOL
To help our fans pump up this Yolanda Be Cool Guest Mix on the go, UE BOOM have hooked us up with the world’s first social music player to give away! THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED :-(
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HOLYCHILD- Happy With Me
Holychild are a relatively unknown synth duo from LA and they are gaining a lot of cyber buzz for their latest song ‘Happy With Me’. And rightly so- this song is a little indie
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BODHI – Imperfection
It’s been 8 months since Bodhi from Cardiff in the UK dropped the bassline burner ‘Deliquesce’, but before I get into why the duo’s return track is equally as addictive, I have to mention
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TOP 20 TRACKS FOR THIS WEEK
The Ripe‘s Top 20 Playlist is always full up on new Aussie content alongside some big-name internationals. This week is no exception. Included in the mix is psychedelic-rockers Cull out of Sydney alongside more new cool
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DAMN TERRAN – Damn Terran
If you find yourself at shows every weekend in Melbourne and enjoy getting amongst the heaving crowds and sweat drenched venues that we love so very much, there’s no doubt you’ve heard of local
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THE BAMBOOS – Avenger
Injecting the necessary funk into the Melbourne music scene and beyond since 2001, The Bamboos are an ever evolving musical force. Initially presenting themselves as a tight instrumental deep funk outfit, they have developed a
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KORALLREVEN – Try Anything Once featuring Cornelius
One of the down sides of releasing an album at the end of the year is that most websites are already busy writing end of year lists or on holidays if you’re in the
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The Ripe presents: BLOOM II w/ Oscar Key Sung, Andras Fox, Alta, City Calm Down DJs & The Ripe DJs
Once a month, The Ripe holds a party showcasing a series of different musicians, artists and DJs that are doing incredible things in the Australian music industry. The artists are hand picked by the
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BOATFRIENDS – Sport Billy
“We will not only call you, but we’re going all in!” Boatfriends must have envisioned this statement during an imaginary poker game meeting of psychedelic dream-pop bands with Melody’s Echo Chamber, Tame Impala, Tamaryn,
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WORLD’S END PRESS – Reformation Age
Melbourne outfit World’s End Press are at it again with the release of a second single off their upcoming debut LP. ‘Reformation Age‘ is an upbeat dance track that’ll pull you out of your
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DARKSIDE – Paper Trails
Yesterday we heard new music from Nicolas Jaar. The song is called ‘Paper Trails‘, and it is the second offering from his upcoming collaboration with Dave Harrington called Darkside. ‘Paper Trails’ is an emotive
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MANSIONS – Climbers
The last time I got down with Mansions it was a glorious spring where Christopher Browder‘s acoustic tinged tunes guided me through what would become a fine vintage, if that point in my life
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CROOKED COLOURS – Moontan Nocturnal (Grafton Primary Remix)
I was initially drawn to this song based purely on it’s name. I am one of those unfortunate glow-in-the-dark pale lurkers who has lived through (and made) my fair share of moon-tanning jokes, so
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CULL – World Inside Your Head
It’s been four months since we posted ‘I Thought We Was’ and in that time Sydney four piece Cull have been recording their full release for October. ‘World Inside Your Head’ is the first
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SBTRKT – IMO
Illusive UK masked producer SBTRKT has just let loose an brilliant new single titled ‘IMO.’ Released out of the blue yesterday, this track is purely an instrumental ordeal, and although claimed to be both
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TOP 20 TRACKS FOR THIS WEEK
This week we bring you another quality mix of our favourite local releases and trending tracks from the wider interwebs. The past few days has been chockers with new local music. We’ve recently copped
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Introducing Jordan Rakei
Introducing Jordan Rakei is no easy task, it is made difficult by the fact that he assumes multiple personalities. Shuffling through his tracks on Soundcloud proves just how diverse the young Brisbane artist is,
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ANIMAUX – Alaska
At a point in your life, you may get a sudden impulse to get out there, go see new things, new faces, new places, and it simply has to happen. The German’s call it
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LORDE – Team
Lorde‘s new single ‘Team‘, is a glimpse into what album ‘Pure Heroine‘ will have to offer on it’s release on the 27th of September. ‘Team’ is a slower, almost ballad-like tune in parts, this time
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The Preatures – Northcote Social Club – September 12th 2013
The Preatures kicked down the doors to the Northcote Social Club last night to perform to a full house. Lead singer/ girl crush Isabella Manfredi welcomed all us motherfuckers and launched into the first track.
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